Comments on: Happy Nowruz نوروز — Persian New Year http://peoplesgeography.com/2007/03/22/happy-nowruz-%d9%86%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b2-persian-new-year/ Creating people's geographies Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:27:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Curtis http://peoplesgeography.com/2007/03/22/happy-nowruz-%d9%86%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b2-persian-new-year/#comment-11879 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 19:32:54 +0000 http://peoplesgeography.com/2007/03/22/happy-nowruz-%d9%86%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b2-persian-new-year/#comment-11879 Well, I never really thought about it, but that certainly makes sense, given the roots of the names!

According to Wikipedia, the pre-Julian Roman Calendar went like this: Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Quintilis, Sextilis, and then the familiars through December. That was only ten months, leaving about 60 days of winter that were outside the calendar. A reformer added January and Feburary to the end, but how January came to be the starting point I do not know. It doesn’t make as much sense to me.

]]> By: homeyra http://peoplesgeography.com/2007/03/22/happy-nowruz-%d9%86%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b2-persian-new-year/#comment-11878 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:57:21 +0000 http://peoplesgeography.com/2007/03/22/happy-nowruz-%d9%86%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b2-persian-new-year/#comment-11878 Do you know that the Roman calendar was based on the same? Septe-mber = month 7, Octo-ber=8, Nove-mber, dece-mber…

]]> By: Curtis http://peoplesgeography.com/2007/03/22/happy-nowruz-%d9%86%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b2-persian-new-year/#comment-11877 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:58:20 +0000 http://peoplesgeography.com/2007/03/22/happy-nowruz-%d9%86%d9%88%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b2-persian-new-year/#comment-11877 The vernal equinox really is the most sensible time for the New Year, isn’t it? What a beautiful tradition, and I echo, a great post from homey.

It’s spring in Dixie, that’s for sure. You can walk out my front door with a butter knife and cut through the pollen in th—achoo! {sniffle}—in the air.

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